Gawler High School
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Gawler High School is a secondary public school located in Evanston
, South Australia
. The school was founded in 1907 (with the motto, Vade ad Formicam), making it the oldest school in the area. The current principal is Mr. Greg Harvey who succeeded Sandra Lowery, who left the school at the end of the 2007 school year, ending her 15 years as headmistress. Gawler High School has some 800 pupils as of 2009, ranging from educational year groups eight to twelve.
Evanston, South Australia
Evanston is a suburb south of the town of Gawler, South Australia.-References:...
, South Australia
South Australia
South Australia is a state of Australia in the southern central part of the country. It covers some of the most arid parts of the continent; with a total land area of , it is the fourth largest of Australia's six states and two territories.South Australia shares borders with all of the mainland...
. The school was founded in 1907 (with the motto, Vade ad Formicam), making it the oldest school in the area. The current principal is Mr. Greg Harvey who succeeded Sandra Lowery, who left the school at the end of the 2007 school year, ending her 15 years as headmistress. Gawler High School has some 800 pupils as of 2009, ranging from educational year groups eight to twelve.
Notable alumni
- Max FatchenMax FatchenMax Fatchen is an Australian journalist and children's writer.Max Fatchen spent his boyhood on an Adelaide Plains farm at Angle Vale. He learned to drive a team of Clydesdale horses and did part of his High School studies at home, driving his horse and buggy in once a week to Gawler High School to...
, journalist - Simon BirminghamSimon BirminghamSimon John Birmingham is an Australian politician and Liberal Party member of the Australian Senate since 2007, representing South Australia.-Early life and career:...
, Senator for South Australia - Lisa MartinLisa MartinLisa Frances Martin is a retired female long-distance runner from Australia.At the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul the 28-year-old won a silver medal in marathon, only 13 seconds behind Portuguese running star Rosa Mota. Other achievements include gold medals in marathon at the 1986 and 1990...
(Lisa Ondieki), long-distance runner - Darren LehmannDarren LehmannDarren Scott Lehmann is a former Australian cricketer, who made his ODI debut in 1996 and Test debut in 1998. He was on the fringes of national selection for the entirety of the 1990s, and only became a regular in the ODI team in 2001 and Test team in late 2002, before being dropped in early 2005...
, cricketer - Glen Shorrock, singer/songwriter